Vice Admiral Robert Parker is a retired officer of the United States Coast Guard.
Education
Robert Parker is a 1979 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Additionally, he holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College. He also completed a one-year National Security Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1999.
Career
Vice Admiral Robert C. Parker assumed the duties as Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area in April 2010, where he serves as the operational commander for all United States. Coast Guard missions from the Rocky Mountains to the Persian Gulf, spanning across five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states. He concurrently serves as Commander, Defense Force East and provides Coast Guard mission support to the Department of Defense and Combatant Commanders. Before assuming command of LANTAREA, Vice Admiral Parker served as the United States. Southern Command’s first Director of Security and Intelligence in Miami, Florida.
He was promoted to Flag rank in July 2006 and was assigned as the Assistant Commandant for Capabilities in Washington, District of Columbia. Vice Admiral Parker has over 12 years of sea duty, including three commands.
Robert Parker is a 1979 graduate of the United States South. On Friday, May 16, 2014, VADM Parker was relieved as Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area by VADM William "Dean" Lee at a change of command and retirment ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. VADM Parker subsequently retired from active duty.